Yun Chi takes her younger sister’s place as a bride and becomes a caged bird in the hands of Lu Huaizhou, the regent. On their wedding night, he cuts out her tongue because she looks like his beloved, then coldly sneers, “You’re a fake. What makes you think you can imitate her?”
She swallows her medicine as though swallowing needles, enduring the tenderness and cruelty he gives her for another woman’s sake. But he doesn’t know that inside her lowly body lies the former dynasty princess’s hatred for the country’s fall, along with a spell of restoration tattooed on her tongue.
When the truth tears everything apart, he finally realizes that the woman he loves is an impostor who stole another’s identity, while the mute consort in his arms is the true enemy of his past. Love and hatred twist together in a frenzy, and she offers her blood as a sacrifice, sealing his fate with a fatal kiss.
“Lu Huaizhou, you’ve never loved anything but this face of mine.”
